finishing school

Example Sentences

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At the time, Antonelli didn’t have a driver’s license and was still finishing school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Many survivors treated in childhood or young adulthood are working toward finishing school, launching careers, gaining independence, or starting families.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

Museveni studied in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the 1960s when the university acted as a kind of revolutionary finishing school for anti-colonialists.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

In Year 2, on the other hand, Betts has graduated to something of a finishing school.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

“I sent you to finishing school so you wouldn’t be a cook’s helper, Ella. Use the elvish mushrooms, Mandy.”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine